Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH365 : Senecio chrysanthemoides DC.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 29

Synonym : Cineraria decipiens Spreng. ex DC.; Senecio chrysanthemoides var. chrysanthemoides;

Plant Common Name : -

Plant Family : Asteraceae / Compositae

Description : Tall perennial herb reaching 2 m, glabrous below hairy above, grooved, much branched; leaves alternate, 15-25 cm long, pinnately divided into toothed lobes, terminal lobe largest, irregularly lobed and toothed, basal lobes stem clasping, upper leaves smaller; heads 12-18 mm across, in large spreading terminal corymbs; involucre bracts 10-12, oblong, acute, often tipped dark brown to black; ray florets 10-12, 3-toothed; achenes 2 mm long, strongly ribbed, pappus white.

Plant Location in Melghat : On vairat hills along moist slopes

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Plant's Current Status : Rare

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat. - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc_124325 - https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cheerful%20Senecio.html - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200024465

Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass :
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus : Senecio
Species : Senecio chrysanthemoides

Senecio chrysanthemoides
Senecio chrysanthemoides
Senecio chrysanthemoides